A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR H.C. AND MRS ERICH G. HENKEL (LOTS 80-84)

A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE

BY LOUIS MICHEL LEFEVRE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND TULIPWOOD COMMODE
BY LOUIS MICHEL LEFEVRE, MID-18TH CENTURY
The serpentine moulded rouge de Maine marble top above two short and two long drawers with scrolling foliate handles and escutcheons, the angles with foliate clasps terminating in splayed feet with foliate sabots, stamped 'L.M.LEFEVRE' and 'JME'
33¾ in. (86 cm.) high; 53½ in. (136 cm.) wide; 26 in. (66 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Louis Michel Lefèvre, maître in 1749

A closely related commode by Lefèvre is illustrated in P.Kjellberg, Le Mobilier Français du XVIII^e Siècle, Paris, 1998, p.497.

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